KTp as part of Plasma? (was: Re: Port complete \o/ )

[Vishesh Handa]

On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 12:51 AM, Aleix Pol <aleixpol at kde.org> wrote:

> - KDE Telepathy is more of a service than an application. It's, by
> definition, the integration of a system service (Telepathy) into the
> Plasma shell.
>

This.

This is the main reason why KTp being part of the applications release is
strange.

Perhaps it would make sense to define what KTp is trying to be? There was a
vision discussed here [1]. I'm pasting it over here -

> The first question that was important for us was "Which users do we want
to focus on?".
> We decided that we want to focus on Plasma users. We do not shut out
users of other
> desktop environments or operating systems, but we clearly focus on
integrating
> well with Plasma and provide the best experience for Plasma users.

Also, we have been promoting kde-applications as stuff which we want ported
on windows and osx. KTp does not seem to fit that bill.

[1] https://dot.kde.org/2014/04/29/kde-telepathy-sprint

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Vishesh Handa
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